Oh, hell no. Zac Efron is going to play the lead in the Akira remake? That's what they're saying:
Zac Efron 'to play lead in Akira remake'.
We've known that there's been a live-action Akira adaptation in the works for a while. We've also known that the Hollywood remake of the cult anime feature would be set in "New Manhattan" -- not Neo Tokyo. And knowing how things work, it was likely that the movie's characters would not be Japanese (thanks again, Hollywood). But this bit of casting news just... hurts.
